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Contemporary Early Childhood Education and Care Teacher Training in China
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Contemporary Early Childhood Education and Care Teacher Training in China

Ying Liu and Wendy Boyd
International Perspectives on Early Childhood Teacher Education in the 21st Century, pp.31-48
Springer Singapore, 1st edition
23/10/2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5739-9_3
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China Cultivation and development Early childhood education and care Teacher training
China’s approach to early childhood education and care (ECEC) has dramatically changed since 1994. The National Medium to Long Term Planning Outline for Educational Reform and Development (2010–2020) was implemented in 2010. The ECEC policies are viewed as an integral part of education and social public welfare at present. The number of teachers and overall enrolment for eligible children has risen dramatically. However, ECEC is still the weakest element in China’s educational system and faces a severe lack of qualified and committed teachers. This lack of human resources has seriously affected the quality of ECEC. Therefore, the Chinese State Council and The Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (MOE) have issued a series of policies and documents for ECEC, which provide an unprecedented platform and opportunity for the development of ECEC. The ECEC teachers’ training has developed rapidly, with a series of government-sponsored short-term intensive teacher training plans implemented, and construction of professional learning community and kindergarten-based initial teacher training had been widely conducted as well. This chapter briefly introduces the status of ECEC teachers’ training and development in China, focused on current policies for ECEC teachers, identification and acquisition of ECEC teacher qualification, and the modes and channels of cultivation and training of ECEC teachers. This chapter also reveals the main problems of ECEC teachers’ training and development in China and proposes measures and suggestions for improvement.

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